NEWS NOTES 



John Burroughs Association Membership Drive: Only those 

 nature lovers who recall the seventies and eighties realize the 

 extent of our indebtedness to John Burroughs. He left us his works, 

 they will always live, but he also left us Slabsides, the Httle cabin 

 at West Park in which some of his books were written and in which 

 his final years were passed. Aside from the expense of its annual 

 meeting, with the award of the Burroughs Medal, the care of Slab- 

 sides is the Association's only major expense. The Association is 

 calling on Burroughs' friends and followers for assistance in pre- 

 serving our common heritage. Address : The American Museum of 

 Natural History, 77th Street West, New York. N. Y. 



The first awards of beach plum prizes by the Arnold Arboretum, 

 Harvard University, were : 



The James R. Jewett prize, this year amounting to $100.00, has 

 been awarded by the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University to 

 Mrs. Wilfred O. White of Boston and Vineyard Haven, Massa- 

 chusetts, in appreciation of her outstanding efforts during the past 

 few years in fostering interest in our native beach plum. This prize, 

 of which Mrs. White is the first recipient, is to be awarded annually, 

 at least for the present, to individuals who have made significant 

 contributions to the development of this native plant, or who. 

 through the development of beach plum products may have made 

 contributions of social significance. 



The first award of the Vieno T. Johnson prize, amounting to 

 $50.00, has been made to Mrs. Ina Snow of Truro, Massachusetts. 

 Mrs. Snow has been greatly interested in beach plums over a period 

 of years, has maintained records of her observations concerning 

 their growth and fruiting habits, and has accomplished some experi- 

 mental field work. She has written various articles regarding her 

 observations and has most generously shared her accumulated 

 information with others interested in the plant and in its products. 



These two prizes were provided through the generosity and 

 interest of James R. Jewett of Woods Hole, Massachusetts, profes- 

 sor of Arabic, emeritus. Harvard University, who in 1940 pre- 



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